1+ week, 6+ day ago   (921+ words) Actual wars. Trade wars. Pricey gasoline. Reignited inflation. And rising interest rates, notably mortgage rates. That 2026 summary doesn’t sound like a formula for California’s economy to fare better than the nation overall, according to some key business measures. However, my…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (567+ words) The state budget is an obvious source for anyone interested in how California finances its programs. However the budget, including the latest version enacted in June, is only a rough outline, a collection of suppositions and guesses, some educated, others…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (139+ words) siliconvalley.com “Tech leaders realized they couldn’t stay on the sidelines any more. Concerns about public safety, housing, and the business climate made it clear that policy decisions are directly affecting innovation and California’s future.” Oakland ‘micro apartments’ hub seized…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (531+ words) It got me thinking about my own use of AI as well as that of children and teens who, compared with most adults, have fewer years of experience when it comes to in-person communications, merely because of their age. If…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (366+ words) By Ella Feldman, Bloomberg If you’re sitting on an idea for improving San Francisco, billionaire venture capitalist Michael Moritz’s personal foundation might give you $50 million to execute it. The contest is a collaboration between Crankstart, the philanthropy run by Moritz…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1124+ words) This story is the second in a three-part series examining findings from the latest Silicon Valley Index. Read the first installment here. Robin McCarthy watches the images appear on her screen. “It’s exciting and scary at the same time, because…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (677+ words) A San Diego-based appellate court has found that the collection of license plate data by a company that supplies plate readers does not, in and of itself, constitute harm, thus rejecting a bid to revive a class action lawsuit alleging…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (721+ words) Following a wave of new voter-approved tax increases that reached the ballot through the signature-gathering process in recent years, a statewide initiative before voters in November aims to make it more difficult to pass special taxes. RELATED: Election 2026: All 14 propositions…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (355+ words) Spring cleaning. How quaint. With all the stuff coming into people’s homes and all the stuff that should, perhaps, exit, clutter purges could be a monthly ritual and still not happen often enough. RELATED: 10 things San Jose says residents should…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (931+ words) For Margaret Smith, hanging Fourth of July bunting outside her Los Gatos gift shop is more than a retail tradition. It is an act of hope. Smith, who has owned Domus on Santa Cruz Avenue since 1996, has decorated the front…...